Gaddafi regime 'in talks with France' - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Gaddafi regime 'in talks with France' - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "Muammar Gaddafi's administration is in talks with the French government, one of the Libyan leader's son has said in an interview.

'The truth is that we are negotiating with France and not with the rebels,' the Algerian El Khabar newspaper quoted Saif al-Islamas saying from Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

There was no immediate comment from Paris.

However, the comments were published on Monday a few hours after Gerard Longuet, the French defence minister, said it was time for the rebel Transitional National Council to come to the negotiating table with Gaddafi's administration.

'Our envoy to [Nicolas] Sarkozy said that the French president was very clear and told him 'We created the [rebel] council, and without our support, and money, and our weapons, the council would have never existed',' the newspaper quoted Saif al-Islam as saying."

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